Tobacco-cutter and pipe-filler.



No. 779,095. I PATBNTED JAN. 3, 1905.

A. MOINNIS.

TOBACCO GUTTER AND PIPE PILLER.

APPLIUATIOH FILED 11211.21. 1904.

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TOBAGGO GUTTER AND PIPE PILLER.

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NTTED STATES Patented January 3, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

TOBACCO-CUTTER AND PIPE-FILLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 779,095, dated January3, 1905.

Application filed April Z1, 1904. Serial No. 204,234.

To @ZL whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, AUSTIN McINNIs, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing'in District 13, Northam, in the Province of PrinceEdward Island, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Tobacco-Cutters and Pipe-Fillers, of which the followingis a specification.

The object of this invention is a mechanical pipe-filler adapted to holdsmoking-tobacco in the form of plugs and to automatically cut thetobacco as the pipe is filled.

A further object of the invention is to provide a convenient devicewhich will not only cut the tobacco and lill the pipe-bowl, but whichwill also serve as a storage-receptacle for the uncut tobacco and alsofor matches and which will be of a convenient size to carry in thepocket.

My invention consists of the novel features of construction hereinafterdescribed, particularly pointed out in the claims, and shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of mydevice, a pipe being shown in position to have the bowl filled. Fig. 2is a longitudinal section drawn on the line 2 Q of Fig. 5, the mechanismbeing shown in elevation and the lower portion of one of the inner wallsbeing broken away. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section on the line 33 of Fig. 2, the elastic band being omitted. Fig. 4 is a longitudinalsectional view on the line .L l of Fig. 3, the cutter being shown invertical'elevation. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on the line 5 5 ofFig. 4, portions of the actuating-levers being broken away. Fig. 6 isadetail perspective View of one of the plungers. Fig. 7 is a detail viewof a portion of the T-'shaped feed-lever.

In the drawings, A represents an oblong metal casing rounded at theforward end and closed at the rear end by a hinged door A', fastened byany suitable latch or spring-catch. The casing has a non-perforate top;but the bottom of the casing has adjacent the forward end of the casingA an opening A2, having a diameter approximately that of the ordinarypipe-bowl. An elastic band B has its ends secured to the sides of thecasing adjacent the opening A2, the central portion of the band Bdepending in a loop below and transverse to the opening A2.

Arranged within the casing A is an inner casing C, and this inner casingis formed with a double wall, the additional wall C extending from therear end of the casing A to a line adjacent the forward end. Thisadditional inner wall C is duplicated upon opposite sides of the casingC and is spaced from the said casing, and at the forward end of eachinner wall C the wall is bent outwardly, terminating against the innerface of the wall of the casing C. This space between the two inner wallsC forms a chamber D, open at both ends and having a width equal to theaverage width of plugs of smoking-tobacco. The rear end of this chamberD is closed by the door AC The front wall of the casing C is curved toconform to the curvature of thefront wall of the outer casing A, and thebottom C2 of the casing C is some distance above the bottom of thecasing A. This construction forms a chamber E, also closed at the rearby the door A', in which 4matches may be carried. The top wall of thecasing C is also spaced from the top of the casing A, and the forwardend of the chamber E is closed by the vertical wall E'.

Arranged in the forward end portion of the casing C and in advance ofthe inner walls C is an auger-shaped vertically-arranged spiral cutterF, the lower edges of the convolutions of the spiral forming acontinuous rotatable cutting-blade. The upper stub end of this spiralcutter F extends through the top wall of the casing C and is journaledin the inner face of the top of the casing A, and between the twocasings there is rigidly mounted upon this stub portion a beveledgear-wheel F.

On each side of the casing C and within the casingA are journaledbeveled gear-wheels F2, each intermeshing with the gear-wheel F. To theprojecting stub-shaft of one of the beveled gear-wheels F2 is hinged aycrank and handle F3, by which the gear-train above described may beactuated. A recess Gr is formed in the forward portion of the casing A,and the crank-handle F3 being hinged the handle portion will rest insaid recess when not in use. The inner faces of the beveled gear-wheelsF2 are spaced apart from the sides of the casing C and carry pins F2,the pins being arranged diametrically opposite each other, so that whenthe pin F2, carried by one of the gearwheels F2, reaches the highestpoint in its revolution the similar pin carried by the other gear-wheelF2 will be at the lowest point of its revolution.

The mechanism arranged between the sides of the casings A and C aresimilar, and a description of the levers and spring on one side willsufice for the mechanism on the opposite side, it being remembered thatthe opposite arrangement of the pins F2L will result in simultaneousmovements in opposite directions of the mechanism actuated by the pinsand on opposite sides of thecasings C.

To the side of the casing C is pivoted the lever H, the free end of thelever extending between the bevel gear-wheel F2 and the side of thecasing C and resting loosely on the pin F4. Below the lever H is pivoteda lever J, the free end portion being offset and spaced from the wall ofthe casing C, and adjacent its free end this lever J is slotted, as atJ. tically in the forward end of the casing C and arranged on oppositesides of the spiral cutter F are plunger-bars J2, carrying at theirlower ends plungers J 3, having the form of a transversely-split metalband. The lever J above mentioned engages a pin J2, the inner end of thepin fitting rotatably in a socket formed in the upper end of .theplunger-bar J2 and the outer end of the pin resting in the slot J. Itwill be understood that the remaining plunger-bar J2 is similarlyconnected to a similar lever upon the opposite side of the casing C. Thelevers H and J are connected by a lever K, pivoted at its upper end tothe lever H and at its lower end to the lever J. The side of the casingC is cut out, whereby the openings L are formed in vertical alinement. Afeed-lever M, having a T- head M at its forward end, is pivoted at itsrear end to the lever or link K, the pivotal point being adjacent theend of the lever or link K, pivoted to the lever H, and the head M workson a pivot-pin M2, carried by the side of the casing C. The ends of theT-head M carry inwardly and forwardly extending prongs M2, which workthrough the openings L.

The manner of using and operating my device is as follows: rlhe tobaccois placed in the chamber D and is engaged on each side by the prongs M3of the T-heads M', which tend to prevent rearward movement of thetobacco. When the pipe-bowl is to be lled, it is placed within theelastic band B, as shown in full lines in Fig. 1 and in dotted lines inFigs. 2 and 3. By rotating the handle F3 the bevelgears F2 and F will berotated and a rotatory movement will be given to the cutter F. Thelevers H will be rocked by the pins F2', and as the pins F2 approach andreach the high point in their revolution the free ends of the leversWorking ver- H, there being one on each side of the casing,

will be raised and through the medium of the connecting-links K thelevers J will receive vertical movement and the plunger-bars J2 will beraised. As a pin F4 passes the highest point in its revolution it slipsfrom under the free end of the lever H, with which it has been inengagement, and a spring N, connected to the lever J, forcibly drawsdownward the said lever, resulting in downward movement of theplunger-bar J2 in engagement with the slot J of the said lever J, thismovement being permitted by a vertical slot L, formed in the side of thecasing. The movement of the pivoted link K as the lever H rises andfalls will impartarocking movement to the T-head M about its pivotalpoint M2, and the prongs M3 will be alternately advanced and retracted,and as these prongs slant in a forward direction the tobacco will bepressed forward against the cutter and as it is cut it will be fed andproperly packed in the pipe-bowl by the plunder-heads J 3. It will befurther noted that as a prong M2 is moving in a forward direction on oneside of the casing C the corresponding prong upon the opposite side ismoving rearwardly.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A device of the kind described comprising a cutter, plungers adaptedto work adjacent and below the cutter, means for operating the cutterand plungers and means for feeding tobacco to the said cutter.

2. A device of the kind described comprising a casing adapted to containtobacco, a spiral cutter, plungers working below'the said cutter, meansfor rotati'ng the cutter and reciprocating the plungers and meanscarried by the casing for automatically feeding the tobacco to thecutter.

3. A device of the kind described comprising a casing adapted to containtobacco saidcasing having an opening in the bottom, means for holding apipe-bowl below said opening, a spiral cutter arranged within the casingabove the opening, plungers adapted to work through the opening andproject into the pipebowl when the cutter is rotated, means foractuating the plungers, means for automatically feeding tobacco to thecutter, and means for rotating the cutter.

4. A device of the kind described comprising a spiral cutter, means forholding a pipebowl below the said cutter, a receptacle adapted tocontain tobacco, means for rotating the cutter, a pronged, T-head levercarried by the receptacle and adapted to feed the tobacco to the cutterand means for actuating the lever.

5. A device of the kind described comprising a casing adapted to containtobacco, said casing having an opening in the bottom adjacent itsforward end, a spiral cutter vertically IOO arranged in the forward endof the easing above the said opening, the cutter terminating at itsupper end in a shaft, a bevel gear- Wheel on the said shaft,intermeshing beveled gears, pins carried by said gears, levers pivotedto the casing at one end and having their free ends adapted to beengaged by the said pins, plunger-hars adapted to work through theopening in the bottom of the easing, levers I O pivoted to the easingbelow the first-mentioned levers and connected at their free ends to theplunger-bars, links pivotally connecting the upper and'lower levers, aT-headed feed-lever pivoted to the link adjacent the upper lever on eachside of the easing, and means for I5 rotating the gears.

AUSTIN MCINNIS. Witnesses:

NEAL MoLEoD, COLIN MGMILLAN.

